Essential Chocolate Tips from Alice Medrich
Rosa Alice Medrich is a chocolate expert and author of several chocolate books. The Kitchn has a post where Alice Medrich gives her essential chocolate tips. Did you know that its…
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Dominican Republic Cacao Tour
Several years ago, I learned about how cacao pods are grown and eventually turned into chocolate from a Scharffen Berger factory tour. Serious Eats has a great slide show about…
Gingerbread M&M’s – For Christmas?! [Review]
I love gingerbread and gingerbread cookies. When The Impulsive Buy posted photos of Gingerbread M&M’s and Gingerbread Twix, I went hunting for them both at my local Walmart. Alas, I…
Serious Eats makes a candy ark
I had posted earlier about how Serious Eats had finally given Economy Candy the glowing write-up that it deserves. After they bought all of Economy Candy’s gummi animals, they turned…
Roberts Ferry Nuts Co – Butter Toffee Almonds
Roberts Ferry Nuts Company is a California company that just started selling their wares online. To get the word out, they sent me free samples of their Butter Toffee Almonds…
Serious Eats’ guide to Halloween candy-infused booze
If you’ve got leftover Halloween candy around (or if you loaded up at the post-Halloween candy sales), Serious Eats has an idea for what to do with it: flavor your…
Milka Marketing Stunt
Via AdFreak, here’s a cool video of a marketing stunt that Milka ran in Argentina. People had to make a human chain connecting a Milka cow and a vending machine.…
Ritter Sport Winter Edition Caramelised Almond
I bought this Ritter Sport Winter Edition Caramelised Almond at Cost Plus World Market, along with last Friday’s Caramel-Orange. I was lucky to nab the last one of these that…
Ritter Sport Winter Edition Caramel-Orange
I’ve raved before about how Cost Plus World Market is a fantastic resource for new and unusual candies. I recently visited and found two Winter Edition Ritter Sports by accident…
Mast Brothers Chocolate Advice
The NY Times Recipe Lab recently featured the Mast Brothers discussing chocolate – they’re certainly qualified experts! The NY Times column also has a printed recipe for chocolate caramels. The…
Post Halloween Cake Wrecks
Cake Wrecks recently posted a round-up of candy covered cakes that should never have happened. My favorite is the cake below: pumpkin Peeps all around the border, candy corn and…
See’s Butterscotch Pecan Bar [Review]
The See’s Candies stand has returned to my local mall for the holidays! When I saw it, I had to pick up a few of my favorite Scotchmallows, which are…